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Selection of the Most Suitable Renewable Energy Alternative For Štrpce Municipality

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Energy is a prerequisite for the development of today's companies, municipalities and whole societies. Renewable energy sources (RES) are gaining increasing importance and share in the energy systems of many countries. But, selection among different renewable energy sources request analyzing numerous criteria, stakeholders’ interests, costs, legal regulations etc. For this reason, multi-criteria decision-making methods (MCDM) are often used for the selection of renewable energy alternatives. There are numerous MCDM methods that are used in literature and practice to select the most suitable renewable energy alternative. In this paper, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to assess four renewable energy alternatives (hydro, wind, photovoltaic and biomass) in Štrpce municipality. Also, there are numerous criteria in the literature that are used to select renewable energy alternatives. In this paper six criteria are used: investment, efficiency, land requirements, GHG emissions, price of energy and operation and maintenance jobs. According to obtained results, the hydro alternative is ranked first.

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    This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo* declaration of independence.

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  1. Kosovo and Metohija Academy of Professional Studies, Leposavić, Serbia

    Bojan Stojčetović

  2. Faculty of Technical Sciences, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

    Živče Šarkoćević

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Nenad Mitrovic

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Goran Mladenovic

  3. Faculty of Information Technology and Engineering, University Union—Nikola Tesla, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandra Mitrovic

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Stojčetović, B., Šarkoćević, Ž. (2024). Selection of the Most Suitable Renewable Energy Alternative For Štrpce Municipality. In: Mitrovic, N., Mladenovic, G., Mitrovic, A. (eds) New Trends in Engineering Research. CNNTech 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 792. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46432-4_12

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